A/N: Wow. I was seriously overwhelmed by all the reviews! I seriously thought maybe this sucked lol. I am glad to see a lot of you are enjoying it! I wanna thank all of you for reviewing, it means the world! This chapter is a little bit longer than the last one. I hope you all liked it and please let me know what you think!

Chapter 3

"Do you know where we are?" Alice asked as she took a look around her surroundings.

"This place doesn't look familiar to me." Cyrus softly replied.

"Well, it looks to be a town of some sort." Alice noticed. "At least we're together, right?" She took his hands in hers. "Jafar and The Red Queen won't come after us. I made sure of that."

Cyrus softly squeezed her hands and gave her a small smile. "Don't misunderstand me, Alice I am very happy to be with you again but you should know that Jafar and The Red Queen are not our only enemies. Remember what I said before? Someone will always be coming."

Alice smiled and teased him. "That would've been something to tell me before I made the wish, you know."

Cyrus chuckled softly. "Speaking of your wish, may I ask you something?"

Alice smiled brightly. "Of course, anything."

Cyrus gently brushed a strand of hair out of Alice's face. "Why did you not wish yourself somewhere more familiar? You could've wished yourself home, to your land."

Alice's eyes dimmed immediately and Cyrus could've sworn he saw tears in them. "I have no home anymore."

Cyrus frowned, looking at her in concern. "I don't understand."

Alice quickly blinked back tears, not wanting to cry over something that could never be changed. "We should see about finding a place or a room to stay here or something, make that our home."

"Alice." Cyrus gently grabbed her arm, halting her movements.

Alice's back was facing him and for that she was momentarily grateful as she felt a lone tear stream down her face. "It's really best forgotten."

Cyrus felt his heart clench at the pain he heard in her voice. "Alice." He repeated insistently. "What happened?"

Alice breathed deeply. "We should go see about where we are going to stay."

Alice made a move to begin walking again but Cyrus once again stopped her with his gentle but firm grip.

"Alice." His voice was gentle but more firm. "Did something happen with your father?"

Alice breathed out a shaky breath, tears now streaming freely down her face. "I don't have a father any longer."

Cyrus gasped. "What?"

Alice wiped her tears away and turned around to finally face her love. "He's gone." She whispered.

Cyrus felt pained at see his love's tear streaked face and he also felt the pain for her that she was surely enduring. He gently took her into his arms, holding her. "Darling, I'm so sorry."

Alice allowed herself to cry against his chest for a brief moment before pulling back. "Thank you but it's in the past now. Can we go find something now?"

Cyrus frowned again, looking his love over in great concern. He didn't like the idea of her pretending that the loss of a parent (even one that had been distant to her for her entire childhood) was just something that you simply pushed yourself to forget about. Perhaps that was the idea her father had imposed on her but he would show her that she didn't have to do that, especially not around him.

"Please." Alice softly insisted.

Cyrus finally nodded. "Of course we can, my love."

Alice lightly smiled and let him take his hand in hers.

The two of them walked for a bit until they saw what was a sign for an Inn. They walked inside and in a few minutes or so got a room key.

Once they got inside their room and the door was locked behind them, Alice sat on the edge of the bed, her hands folded in front of her.

Cyrus gently took a seat beside her, and reached out and took her hand in his. "Alice, I know how devastating it is to lose a parent…"

Alice couldn't take it any longer. She had never been one to tell lies nor was she the kind to let anyone believe them. She couldn't let her life with Cyrus have any lies either.

"My father's not dead, Cyrus." Alice blurted.

Cyrus looked at her in confusion. "But you said.."

Alice turned to face her love's confused yet concerned gaze. "I said I don't have a home any longer in my land, which is true. I said I don't have a father any longer, which I don't. He may as well be gone because I am just not good enough to be his daughter and live in his home with his new family."

"What happened?" Cyrus asked gently.

"When I returned home, I was devastated because I thought I'd lost you forever." Alice began softly. "I told my father about you, about what I had believed had happened and he did not believe me."

"Alice…" Cyrus truly hated that she had people in her life that couldn't seem to believe in her, to love her the way she truly deserved to be loved. He'd made the vow long ago that he would be that person in her life and he would continue to keep that vow.

"It wasn't just that he did not believe me." Alice continued painfully. "He told me that if I truly wanted to live in his house and be a part of the new family, I had to forget all about Wonderland…and you."

Cyrus felt a momentary flicker of anger at her father bestowing such a burden on his own daughter. "He actually said that to you?"

Alice nodded tearfully. "When I was unable to do that of course, he then told me that he could bare me no longer and was going to send me away to a mad house, some mental hospital."

"Oh, Alice." Cyrus whispered painfully. "That's why you used the wish…"

"I know it was a selfish wish to make," Alice whispered. "but I just wanted to be with you, to be with the one person who loves me. It seemed a far better fate, no matter what the consequence of the wish would be than for me to end up locked away forever alone."

Cyrus gently wrapped his arm around Alice, pulling her in close to him. He used his free hand to gently pull her face upward to meet his eyes. "Well, you're not alone. It is my vow to you now that you shall never be alone again, my love. You were wrong, you know. You do have a home…with me."

Alice looked at her love gratefully before leaning in to kiss him deeply, her arms going around his neck.

Cyrus gently kissed her back just as deeply and rested his forehead against hers as they both pulled back.

"Cyrus," Alice was hesistant and Cyrus sensed it.

"Darling, what is it?" Cyrus gently asked.

"I don't want to deter you from your promise but you said it's possible for an enemy to still find us." She looked up at him, worry in her eyes. "There's only one wish left. What if I have to…?"

Cyrus gently caressed her cheek. "Then you have to." He said softly.

Alice suddenly got fearful and panicked. "But you'll go back inside! Right? Isn't that what you said happens when all three wishes are made?"

Cyrus nodded sadly. "Indeed. But listen to me. I don't want you to worry or to be frightened, my love. Whatever happens, we will deal with it together and never stop fighting for our freedom to be together."

Alice suddenly calmed, both from her love's reassuring words and from an idea that had formed in her mind. "What if? What if there was a way if I was forced to make the third wish, you didn't go back inside?"

Cyrus frowned. He did not know what his love was thinking but it was already worrying him. "What do you mean? Alice, I told you long ago that the only way a genie won't go back inside his bottle after a third wish is made is if…" His voice died off as he felt a cold stab of fear overtake him. "No!" In his desperation, he grabbed her arms gently but firmly. "Promise me you won't!"

"Cyrus, I love you." Alice's voice was soft as she held on to him. "Trust me."

Cyrus gently kissed her, the fear still coursing through him. "Darling, I love you too and I do trust you. Always. Just please promise me you won't wish for that! No matter what happens, you need to promise me that-"

But Alice knew that she could not make him that promise. Not if it was going to be his freedom that was at stake for an eternity. "Lets," She gently wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in close and felt his arms encircle around her waist. "lets just hope it does not come to that."